Gaudi’s Barcelona. I wonder how Barcelona would like if Gaudi never existed? Like Sharm el Sheikh, Barcelona gave me the feeling that it is built solely for tourism. Though this is not true, and the city holds a lot of history in it, but the atmosphere, the buildings, and Gaudi overwhelm the old spirit of […]

Tibidabo is a small mountain in Barcelona, overlooking the whole city and with beautiful views of the Mediterranean. Want to escape all the crowds and noise in Barcelona? This is definitely the place to go! While there are busses that go up to the top of the mountain, where “Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor” is […]

Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor – Tibidabo – Barcelona is the Catalan name for “Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” which is the name of the temple church above “Tibidabo”, the tallest mountain in the Serra de Collserola, and overlooking all Barcelona. Construction of the church took around 60 years, from 1902 to […]

While I was in Barcelona last summer, I was determined to visit Santa Maria del Mar (Saint Maria of the sea). Many people visit Barcelona and don’t go there, it is not that big of a cathedral and to be honest, if you don’t know its history, it is not that impressive, and there are many […]

Who is this?

I'm Mina Mahrous, an Egyptian guy in the early 20s that has a dream of traveling the world, instead of becoming a boring pharmacist. I'm always writing travel tales from a different (Egyptian) point of view, and general travel advice and travel mishaps!